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by mathematicaster 1002 days ago
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My adjacent refrain is "Science is not the same as people trying to do science".
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biomcgary 1002 days ago
The work of philosophers and sociologists of science, Kuhn and Feyerabend in particular, support this perspective.
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mistermann 1002 days ago
Scientists trying to do science is a component of broad science, is it not?
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mike_hearn 1001 days ago
Only if they succeed at doing science. If they just engage in pseudo-science then it's not.
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